Improved sash stop or fastener



Ila-39,993. PATENTED SEPT. 15, 1863.

s. HEDGES. SASH STOP 0R PASTENER.

UNITED STATES STEPHEN PATENT OFFICE.

HEDGES, OF -HUDSQN, NElV YORK, ASSIGN ORVTO HIMSELF,

SAMUEI M. LONGLEY, AND SAMUEL B. SMITH.

IMPROVED SASH STOP 0R FASTENER,

Specification fortningpart of Letters Patent No 39.993, dated September 15, 1863 To all whom it may concern ,Be it know n that I, STEPHEN Hnnens, of Hudson, in the county of Columbia and State of New York,'have invented a new and Improved Window Sash Stop or Fastening; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being bad to thef accompanying drawings, making a part of this specification, in which- V Figure 1 is a side view of my invention applied to a.window, a portion of the frame'of the latter being broken away in order to show the invention 5' Fig. 2, a horizontal section of Fig. 1, taken in the line a: m,- Fig. ,3, a detiched side or edge view of one of the windowsashes.

Similar letters of reference indicate correponding parts in the several figures. I

This invention relates to an improvement in that class of window-sash stops or fasten- I ings in which a spring-bolt is fitted within a ,tained in position. at both ends'and it is cast with a longitudinal slot, 0, which extends from its back end to the tube or case.

The object'of the invention is to obtain a simple mode of constructin g the class of stop or fastening above specified, and render the' same capable of being more readily applied than hitherto, more economical to construct, capable of being operated with greater facility, and also more substantial.

To'enable those skilled in the art to fully understand and construct my im enti'ou, I will proceed to describe it.

a A represents the framing or casing of a window, and B B the two sashes thereof, which are fitted in the framing or casing in the usual or any proper way.

' (J represents the tube-or case of the stop or fastening. This tube or case is of cylindrical form,.and it may be made of malleable castiron or other metal. It is cast at oneend with a plate, a, which projects down at right angles with (J, the former having a hole in it to admit of a screw, 1), passing through into the'jamb b of the window-frame, the tube or case. being fitted in a hole bored horizontally into the jamb, as shown clearly in Fig. 1. .By

this means the tube or case (J is firmly re- The tube or case 0 is open plate a, or nearly to the front end of the tube or case, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. v

'D is a cylindrical bolt, which is fitted inthe tube orcase 0, andis sufliciently long to pro ject a certain distance through the front or outer end .of the tube or case, saidend of the case being flushwith the'side of the jamb 1)", into which the plate a is embedded by cutting arecess to receiveit; ,The boltl) may be of cast metah-hxalleable cast-ironwould be preferable for cheap fas'tenings and the boltis cast with an arm, E, of curved form, as shown in Fig. 2, one part, 7 d, of said arm' projecting from the. bolt at right angles and passing atright angles, and the other part, 0, being parallel with the bolt'and projecting over the front of one of the side strips, f, of the sash. 0n the bolt D there is placed a spiral spring, g, said spring being betweer. the arm E, and a-collar, h, which is fitted in the open* end of thetube or case A, and is secured therein by swagin g or knocking one or more lips, a, from the edge of the tube or case over the edge of the collar h, as shown clearly in Fig.2. The

bolt D is allowed to slide freely through this collar h. The spring 9 has a tendency to keep the front or outer end of the bolt I) out from the tube or case, and the part (1 of the arm E in contact with the plate a, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. The collar h is provided or cast with a lug or projection, 'i, which is fitted in the back part of the slot 0, and prevents the collar h fromturnin g in the tube or case. In the side or edge of the sash, in front of the tube or case, there is secureda metal strip, F, in which a series of holes, j, are made at suitable distances apart to receive the front end of the bolt D. These holes j-are 'of oblong form horizontally, as shown in Fig. 3; and holes k are made in the sideor edge of the sash in linewith the holes in the metal strip F, and of suflicient-depth to admit of the bolt D passing into the sash. (See Fig. 2.) By means of these holes the bolt 1) is allowed. to

retain or hold the sash at different heights or in a closed state. The sash is raised or lowered by pressing backward on the arm E, and thereby shoving back the bolt 1) out of the holes in the strip F and sash, the bolt being shoved forward by the spring y when the arm E is relieved from the pressure of the thumb or hand. Themetal strip F prevents the edge" of the sash being-worn or abraded by the pressure of the bolt D-an important feature, as without said strip the holes in the sash would 'sovn become worn at their edges, so that the bolt would fail to hold up' the sash. By having the tube or case A cast with the slot 0, as shown and described, the bolt may be readily fitted in it, while the collar h, which may be secured in the inner end of the tube or case A, serves as a guide for the bolt, and also as a bearing for the spring 9. This is avery economical mode of construction, much more so than the ordinary way'of casting the tube or case in two parts. I Y I would remark that the upper sash, B, may he provided-with a similar fastening, care beingtaken that the arm E be of such a form as not to interfere with the raising and lowering l F, all made and operating as herein shown and described.

STEPHEN HEDGES.

Witnesses:

C. H. LowN, H. W. RACE. 

